Lam backs charges to cause upset

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TWELVE years ago, Samoa, with Pat Lam at No 8, pulled off the then greatest shock in World Cup history when they beat Wales in Cardiff. Now Lam is back in the competition, this time as a Scotland coach, and he believes he can see parallels between the two games as his new team prepare to face Australia in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

The key is self-belief, acquiring that inner-conviction that you have the capacity to do the job and that your opponents’ superior reputation is nothing but a veneer. Already during this World Cup, Samoa (v England), Wales (v